Article
Astrocytes acquire resistance to iron-dependent oxidative stress upon proinflammatory activation.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 28 Oct 2013
Macco Romina, Pelizzoni Ilaria, Consonni Alessandra, Vitali Ilaria, Giacalone Giacomo, Martinelli Boneschi Filippo, Codazzi Franca, Grohovaz Fabio, Zacchetti Daniele
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Astrocytes respond to local insults within the brain and the spinal cord with important changes in their phenotype. This process, overall known as "activation", is observed upon proinflammatory stimulation and leads astrocytes to acquire either a detrimental phenotype, thereby contributing to the neurodegenerative process, or a protective phenotype, thus supporting neuronal survival. Within the...
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